#1160 USA Leads India In Correspondence Match

On Wednesday night, I defeated Vaibhav Saxena, to give the United States a 10.5-7.5 lead in its ICCF match versus India.

Here is the game:

With the victory, my rating should surpass 2340 is 2336. Having completed 30+ games, I am now eligible to play in an ICCF IM Norm tourney but will instead take a long break from correspondence play.

#1159 Browne Wins U.S. Senior Championship

GM Walter Browne won the U.S. Senior Championship, which was held Sepetmber 14-20, on a cruise ship.

Ariel Levi was 2nd. FM Steve Stoyko, who recently moved to Florida, tied for 3rd.

#1158 Kenilworth's Events For 9/18 & 9/25

The Kenilworth Chess Club has scheduled a Partner Tournament for this Thursday (September 18) and a Blitz Tournament for next week (September 25).

Here are the details for the events:

Partner Tournament
September 18
8:30 p.m.
Non-Rated.
G/15;d5.
3-SS.
EF: Free.
Prizes: none.
TD: John Moldovan.

• Lower-rateds get to pick their partner for the 3 games.
• Higher-rated partner may switch his team's playing order up to 3 times per game.
• Otherwise, partners will alternate moves.
• Lower-rated player on a team gets to play his team's 1st move in each game.
• A player may only tell his partner "be careful", "take your time", "watch our time" or "help!"
• Only the higher-rated partner can offer draws, accept draws, or resign a game.
• Score-keeping is optional but will be necessary for claims.

Blitz Tournament
September 25
8:30 p.m.
Non-Rated.
G/5;d.
3-SS. 2 games per round.
EF: $3 KCC members, $5 non-members.
Prize Fund: $3 x number of players.
Prize distribution: TBA.
TD: Geoff McAuliffe or Bob Sherry.

#1157 KCC Swap Meet Next Thursday

Next Thursday night (September 11th), the Kenilworth Chess Club will be having a swap meet.

Current members & past members invited by the Club President, may bring chess books, equipment & software for trade or sale.

Please do not bring too many items. 20 per person is the maximum. If space proves to be short, we may have to limit individual displays to 10 items each.

Although the event will be private, I suggest that you inventory the items you are bringing.

One more thing... let's respect everyone's stuff by keeping all food, beverages, etc. away from the display area.

#1156 KCC Club Championship Awards Ceremony Tomorrow

Before tomorrow night's Summer Tourney finale, the Kenilworth CC will have its Club Championship Awards Ceremony.

If you are to receive a trophy, please arrive before 8:00 p.m. Those playing in the tournament should not begin games until 8:15.

I apologize for the extremely short notice but did not know if the 1st-place trophy would be done until late this afternoon.

John Moldovan

#1155 Wesfield Open Moved To 11/9

To avoid competing with the recently re-scheduled, $18,000 Boardwalk Open (originally slated for 10/25-26), the Westfield Chess Club has pushed its Westfield Open back to November 9th and moved its 11/9 Quads up to November 2nd.

#1154 NJ All-Girls Chess Camp

On Saturday, November 6th & Sunday, December 7th, Alice Dong will be leading a free, NJ All-Girls Chess Camp at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg.

More details can be found in the links below:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gcnj2014
Eventbrite, for signing up: http://gcnj2014.eventbrite.com/
GoFundMe, for donation: http://www.gofundme.com/gcnj2014

#1153 Kenilworth Site Back Online

The Kenilworth Chess Club's website is back online.

#1152 Kenilworth CC Site Down Due To Server Failure

The Kenilworth Chess Club's website, www.kenilworthchessclub.org, has been down since sometime on Saturday, due to hardware failure on its server.

It will take several days for the site to be restored.

#1151 Anna Matlin Earns NM Title

Congratulations to Anna Matlin, who earned her National Master title on Saturday, at the Manhattan Open!

#1150 West Orange Mid-Summer Swiss (Corrected)

The West Orange Chess Club is running a USCF-rated Swiss on July 29th and August 5th.

Here are the details:

West Orange Mid-Summer Swiss
July 29 & August 5

Format: 4-SS
Time control: G/50 + 5 second delay
Address: Toby Katz Community Center, 650 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052.
Entry Fee: $20 West Orange CC members, $25 non-members.
Prizes: Based on the number of participants
Register: 7:40-7:55 p.m. on July 29.
Rounds: 2 rounds per night. 8:00 p.m., then ASAP on 7/29 & 8/5.
2 half-point byes are permitted.
Chief TD: Doran Race

Updated 7/18 at 11:12 a.m.

#1149 Chess Mates' July 4 Blitz Canceled

Tonight's 1st Friday Blitz Tournament at Chess Mates has been canceled. The club is closed today.